Nanoprobe Group @ NIMS

CV
科学技術予測センター 専門調査員（2018.04~）
次世代ナノプローブ技術委員会　委員 (link)
日本化学会正会員
応用物理学会正会員
応用物理学会 薄膜・表面物理分科会 第52期 幹事,第53期常任幹事（企画幹事）、第54・55期 幹事(link)
日本表面科学会　プローブ顕微鏡研究会 部会メンバー (link)
日本表面科学会　二次元物質研究部会 幹事 (link)
第26回非接触型原子間力顕微鏡に関する国際会議(NC-AFM2025) 実行委員長 (link)
新世代研究所 界面ナノ科学研究会　会員（2021.04~2024.03）

1995.04~1999.03：東北大学工学部入学、工学部機械・知能系量子エネルギー工学科卒業
1999.04~2000.06：株式会社　島津製作所
2000.10~2002.09：東京大学大学院工学系研究科精密工学専攻修士課程
2002.10~2005.09：東京大学大学院工学系研究科精密工学専攻博士課程
2005.10~2006.10：東京大学生産技術研究所川勝研究室博士研究員
2006.11~2008.03：スイスEMPA　Hans Josef Hugグループ 博士研究員
2008.04~2016.03：スイスBasel大学物理学科Ernst Meyerグループ 博士研究員・シニアリサーチャー
2016.04~2020.03：NIMS 国際ナノアーキテクトニクス研究拠点（MANA） 主幹研究員
2013.10~2017.03：科学技術振興機構さきがけ研究員（兼任）（研究総括：加藤隆史教授、分子技術と新機能創出)
2020.04~2021.03：NIMS 先端材料解析研究拠点　ナノプローブグループ　グループリーダー （主幹研究員）
2020.06~NOW：筑波大学大学院NIMS連係物質・材料工学サブプログラム　准教授（兼任）
2021.04~2023.03：NIMS 先端材料解析研究拠点　ナノプローブグループ　グループリーダー （主席研究員）
2023.04~NOW：NIMS マテリアル基盤研究センター　ナノプローブグループ　グループリーダー （主席研究員）

Oscar Custance （上席研究員） ,

Publication list
1. O. Custance, M. González Lastre, K. Kim, E. Fernandez-Villanueva, P. Pou, M. Abe, H. Sepehri-Amin, S. Kawai, M. Veronica Ganduglia-Pirovano, R. Perez
   "Near-surface Defects Break Symmetry in Water Adsorption on CeO_2-x(111)"
   Commun. Mater. 2026, 7 39.
   
2. Z. Yuan, T. Kariyado, T. Murata, K. Sun, D. Lin, O. Custance, Y. Morita, S. Kawai
   "Spin States of Trioxotriangulene Controlled by Si-O Bond Formation and Dissociation on AuSi_x Surfaces"
   Nano Letters 2025, 25, 13040–13046.
3. K. Kim, M. Abe, S. Kawai, O. Custance
   "Exploring partially reduced CeO₂(111) surface at the atomic scale using Scanning Probe Microscopy "
   Science and Technology of Advanced Materials (STAM) 2025, 26, 2528596.
4. O. Custance, E. Ventura-Macias, O. Stetsovych, T. K. Shimizu, C. Romero-Muñiz, T. Shimizu, P. Pou, M. Abe, H. Hayashi, T. Ohkubo, S. Kawai, R. Perez
   "Structure and Defect Identification at Self-assembled Islands of CO₂ Using Scanning Probe Microscopy"
   ACS Nano 2024, 18, 26759−26769.
   
5. K. Sun, K. Sugawara, A. Lyalin, Y. Ishigaki, K. Uosaki, O. Custance, T. Taketsugu, T. Suzuki, S. Kawai
   "On-Surface Synthesis of Multiple Cu Atom-Bridged Organometallic Oligomers"
   ACS Nano 2023, 17, 24355–24362.
   
6. S. Kawai, O. J. Silveira, L. Kurki, Z. Yuan, T. Nishiuchi, T. Kodama, K. Sun, O. Custance, J. L. Lado, T. Kubo, A. S. Foster
   "Local Probe-Induced Structural Isomerization in a One-Dimensional Molecular Array"
   Nature Communications 2023, 14, 7741.
   
7. S. Kawai, K. Sugawara, Y. Ma, K. Sun, O. Custance, Y. Ishigaki, T. Suzuki
   "Multiple Molecular Interactions between Alkyl Groups and Dissociated Bromine Atoms on Ag(111)"
   Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2022, 24, 22191–22197.
   

林（はやし） 宏暢（ひろのぶ） （主幹研究員） ,
 筑波大学大学院NIMS連係物質・材料工学サブプログラム 准教授 

CV
2022.10~2025.03：科学技術振興機構さきがけ研究員（兼任）（自在配列と機能）
Publication list
1. D. Li, M. Kumar, O. Stetsovych, B. Lowe, R. Sengupta, H. Hayashi, H. Maeda, P. Jelínek, S. Kawai
   "Spin State in Au-porphyrins Modulated by Charge Transfer on Au(111)"
   J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148, 13863−13870.
2. O. Custance, E. Ventura-Macias, O. Stetsovych, T. K. Shimizu, C. Romero-Muñiz, T. Shimizu, P. Pou, M. Abe, H. Hayashi, T. Ohkubo, S. Kawai, R. Perez
   "Structure and Defect Identification at Self-assembled Islands of CO₂ Using Scanning Probe Microscopy"
   ACS Nano 2024, 18, 26759−26769.
3. D. Li, O. J. Silveira, T. Matsuda, H. Hayashi, H. Maeda, A. S. Foster, S. Kawai
   "On-surface Synthesis of Triaza[5]triangulene through Cyclodehydrogenation and its Magnetism"
   Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202411893.

石田（いしだ） 暢之（のぶゆき） （主幹研究員） ,

米田（こめだ） 忠弘（ただひろ） （特任研究員）

Donglin Li (JSPS外国人特別研究員) ,

CV
2012.09~2016.06： Bachelor, Physics, Henan Normal Univeristy, China
2016.09~2018.06： Master, Physics, Henan Normal Univeristy, China
2018.09~2022.06： PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, China
2022.11~2024.10： NIMS博士研究員
2024.11~NOW: JSPS外国人特別研究員

Publication list
1. D. Li, M. Kumar, O. Stetsovych, B. Lowe, R. Sengupta, H. Hayashi, H. Maeda, P. Jelínek, S. Kawai
   "Spin State in Au-porphyrins Modulated by Charge Transfer on Au(111)"
   J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148, 13863−13870.
2. D. Li, N. Cao, A. S. Foster, S. Kawai
   "Br-Mediated Spin-State Control in Nickelocene and Cobaltocene"
   J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148, 3356–3364.
3. Y. Isshiki, D. Li, S. Vijayaraghavan, K. Sun, T. H. Ngo, L. Buimaga-Iarinca, Y. Matsushita, E. A. Neal, C. Morari, J. P. Hill, S. Kawai
   "On-surface synthesis of azobenzene-linked porphyrin derivative"
   J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2025, 16 , 11833–11841.
4. D. Li, T. Ohto, T. Nishiuchi, S. Takeuchi, Y. Nishide, H. Kimizuka, T. Kubo, S. Kawai
   "Systematic C–C Bond Cleavage in Oligomers via Diels-Alder Reaction on Au(111)"
   ACS Nano 2025, 19 , 35825–35832.
5. Z. Yuan, T. Kariyado, T. Murata, K. Sun, D. Lin, O. Custance, Y. Morita, S. Kawai
   "Spin States of Trioxotriangulene Controlled by Si-O Bond Formation and Dissociation on AuSi_x Surfaces"
   Nano Letters 2025, 25, 13040–13046.
6. D. Li, N. Cao, M. Metzelaars, O. Silveira, J. Jestilä, A. Fumega, T. Nishiuchi, J. Lado, A. S. Foster, T. Kubo, S. Kawai
   "Frustration-Induced Many-Body Degeneracy in Spin -1/2 Molecular Quantum Rings"
   J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 26208–26217.
7. D. Li, O. J. Silveira, T. Matsuda, H. Hayashi, H. Maeda, A. S. Foster, S. Kawai
   "On-surface Synthesis of Triaza[5]triangulene through Cyclodehydrogenation and its Magnetism"
   Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202411893.
8. X. Zhang, D. Li, C. C. H. Tan, F. Hanindita, Y. Hamamoto, A. S. Foster, S. Kawai, S. Ito
   "Synthesis of Azahexabenzocoronenium Salts through a Formal [3 + 3] Cycloaddition Strategy"
   Nature Synthesis 2024, 3, 1283–129.
9. D. Li, S. Seki, A. Ishikawa, K. Omoto, K. Yasuhara, G. Rapenne, S. Kawai
   "Procrystalline Self-Assembly of Desymmetrized Pentaphenylcyclopentadiene"
   J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2024, 15, 7628−7634.
10. K. Sun, D. Li, T. Kaihara, S. Minakata, Y. Takeda, S. Kawai
    "On-Surface Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Nanographene with an [18]Annulene Pore on Ag(111)"
    Commun. Chem. 2023, 6, 228.

Madhuparna Chakraborty （博士研究員、林チーム） ,

辻（つじ） 遥（はるか） （JSPS特別研究員-PD）

Mariya Areeckal Varkey （筑波大学博士課程１年、NIMSジュニア研究員）

辻村（つじむら） 美紀子（みきこ）

根来（ねごろ） 千絵（ちえ）（林チーム）

高橋（たかはし） 静香（しずか）

 卒業生

Erlina Tik Man （NIMS博士研究員） 2025.10-2026.2
Kewei SUN (NIMS博士研究員, JSPS外国人特別研究員, NIMS-ICYS研究員）2018.7−2025.12 CV
2009.09~2013.06： B.S. (Physics), College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy, Soochow University, China
2013.09~2018.06： PhD (Physics), Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, China (Lifeng Chi教授)
2018.07~2021.03： NIMS博士研究員
2021.04~2022.09： JSPS外国人特別研究員
2022.10~2025.12： NIMS-ICYS研究員
2026.01~NOW : Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)
Publication list

1. K. Sun, L. Kurki, O. J. Silveira, K. Fukutani, T. Nishiuchi, S. Kera, T. Kubo, A. S. Foster, S. Kawai
   "TBA"
   Submitted.
2. K. Sun, X. Xiushang, A. Ishikawa, A. Narita, S. Kawai
   "On-Surface Synthesis of Nonbenzenoid Nanographenes through Skeletal Rearrangement Reactions on Au(111)"
   Science and Technology of Advanced Materials (STAM) 2026, 27, 2619342.
3. Y. Isshiki, D. Li, S. Vijayaraghavan, K. Sun, T. H. Ngo, L. Buimaga-Iarinca, Y. Matsushita, E. A. Neal, C. Morari, J. P. Hill, S. Kawai
   "On-surface synthesis of azobenzene-linked porphyrin derivative"
   J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2025, 16 , 11833–11841.
4. Z. Yuan, T. Kariyado, T. Murata, K. Sun, D. Lin, O. Custance, Y. Morita, S. Kawai
   "Spin States of Trioxotriangulene Controlled by Si-O Bond Formation and Dissociation on AuSi_x Surfaces"
   Nano Letters 2025, 25, 13040–13046.
5. K. Sun, N. Cao, O. J. Silveira, A. O. Fumega, F. Hanindita, S. Ito, J. L. Lado, P. Liljeroth, A. S. Foster, S. Kawai
   "On-Surface Synthesis of Heisenberg Spin-1/2 Antiferromagnetic Molecular Chains"
   Science Advances 2025, 11, eads1641.
6. K. Sun, A. Ishikawa, R. Itaya, Y. Toichi, T. Yamakado, A. Osuka, T. Tanaka, K. Sakamoto, S. Kawai
   "On-Surface Synthesis of Polyene Linked Porphyrin Cooligomer"
   ACS Nano 2024, 18 13551–13559.
7. K. Sun, L. Kurki, O. J. Silveira, T. Nishiuchi, T. Kubo, A. S. Foster, S. Kawai
   "On-Surface Synthesis of Silole and Disila-Cyclooctene Derivatives"
   Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202401027.
8. K. Sun, K. Sugawara, A. Lyalin, Y. Ishigaki, K. Uosaki, O. Custance, T. Taketsugu, T. Suzuki, S. Kawai
   "On-Surface Synthesis of Multiple Cu Atom-Bridged Organometallic Oligomers"
   ACS Nano 2023, 17, 24355–24362.
9. S. Kawai, O. J. Silveira, L. Kurki, Z. Yuan, T. Nishiuchi, T. Kodama, K. Sun, O. Custance, J. L. Lado, T. Kubo, A. S. Foster
   "Local Probe-Induced Structural Isomerization in a One-Dimensional Molecular Array"
   Nature Communications 2023, 14, 7741.
10. K. Sun, D. Li, T. Kaihara, S. Minakata, Y. Takeda, S. Kawai
    "On-Surface Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Nanographene with an [18]Annulene Pore on Ag(111)"
    Commun. Chem. 2023, 6, 228.
11. X. Xu, K. Sun, A. Ishikawa, A. Narita, S. Kawai
    "Magnetism in Nonplanar Zigzag Edge Termini of Graphene Nanoribbons"
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202302534.
12. Y. Ma, K. Sugawara, Y. Ishigaki, K. Sun, T. Suzuki, S. Kawai
    "Strain-sensitive On-Surface Ladderization via Non-Dehydrogenative Heterocyclization"
    Chemistry - A European Journal 2023, 29, e202203622.
13. K. Sun, O. J. Silveira, Y. Ma, Y. Hasegawa, M. Matsumoto, S. Kera, O. Krejčí, A. S. Foster, S. Kawai
    "On-Surface Synthesis of Disilabenzene-Bridged Covalent Organic Frameworks"
    Nature Chemistry 2023, 15, 136–142.
14. S. Kawai, K. Sugawara, Y. Ma, K. Sun, O. Custance, Y. Ishigaki, T. Suzuki
    "Multiple Molecular Interactions between Alkyl Groups and Dissociated Bromine Atoms on Ag(111)"
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2022, 24, 22191–22197.
15. K. Sun, O. J. Silveira, S. Saito, K. Sagisaka, S. Yamaguchi, A. S. Foster, S. Kawai
    "Manipulation of Spin Polarization in Boron-Substituted Graphene Nanoribbons"
    ACS Nano 2022, 16, 11244–11250.
16. S. Kawai, A. Ishikawa, S. Ishida, T. Yamakado, Y. Ma, K. Sun, Y. Tateyama, R. Pawlak, E. Meyer, S. Saito, A. Osuka
    "On-Surface Synthesis of Porphyrin-Complex Multi-Block Co-Oligomers by Defluorinative Coupling"
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202114697.
17. K. Sun, K. Sagisaka, L. Peng, H. Watanabe, F. Xu, R. Pawlak, E. Meyer, Y. Okuda, A. Orita, S. Kawai
    "Head-to-Tail Oligomerization by Silylene-tethered Sonogashira Coupling on Ag(111)"
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 19598-19603.
18. K. Sun, K. Sugawara, A. Lyalin, Y. Ishigaki, K. Uosaki, T. Taketsugu, T. Suzuki, S. Kawai
    "Heterocyclic Ring Opening of Nanographene on Au(111)"
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 9427-9432.
19. K. Sun, S. Kawai
    "Strength of Electronic Decoupling of Fullerene on an AuSi_X Layer Formed on Au(111)"
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2021, 23, 5455-5459.
20. K. Sun, T. Nishiuchi, K. Sahara, T. Kubo, A. S. Foster, S. Kawai
    "Low-Temperature Removal of Dissociated Bromine by Silicon Atoms for an On-Surface Ullmann Reaction"
    J. Phys. Chem. C 2020, 124, 19675–19680.
21. K. Nakamura, Q.-Q. Li, O. Krejci, A. S. Foster, K. Sun, S. Kawai, S. Ito
    "On-Surface Synthesis of a π-Extended Diaza[8]circulene"
    J. Am Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 11363-11369.
22. K. Sun, O. Krejči, A. S. Foster, Y. Okuda, A. Orita, S. Kawai
    "Synthesis of Regioisomeric Graphene Nanoribbon Junctions via Heteroprecursors"
    J. Phys. Chem. C 2019, 123, 17632-17638.
23. "On-Surface Translational Activity of Porphyrin Chromophore Molecules"
    J. P. Hill, D. T. Payne, K. Sun, Y. Matsushita, A. Nakata, P. Mishra, T. Uchihashi, W. Nakanishi, K. Ariga, T. Nakayama, S. Kawai
    Single Molecule Mechanics on a Surface: F. Moresco, C. Joachim (Eds.), 2023, 83-103.

服部 裕也 （JSPS特別研究員PD） 2024.4−2025.9
一色 裕次（JSPS特別研究員PD） 2024.4−2025.2

Publication list
1. Y. Isshiki D. Li, S. Vijayaraghavan, K. Sun, T. H. Ngo, L. Buimaga-Iarinca, Y. Matsushita, E. A. Neal, C. Morari, J. P. Hill, S. Kawai
   "On-surface synthesis of azobenzene-linked porphyrin derivative"
   J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2025, 16 , 11833–11841.

Zhangyu YUAN (筑波大学大学院修士課程、NIMSジュニア) 2021.10−2023.9

Publication list
1. Z. Yuan, T. Murata, K. Sun, Y. Morita, S. Kawai
   "Spin States of Trioxotriangulene Controlled by Si-O Bond Formation and Dissociation on AuSi_x Surfaces"
   Nano Letters 2025, 25 13040–13046.
2. S. Kawai, O. J. Silveira, L. Kurki, Z. Yuan, T. Nishiuchi, T. Kodama, K. Sun, O. Custance, J. L. Lado, T. Kubo, A. S. Foster
   "Local Probe-Induced Structural Isomerization in a One-Dimensional Molecular Array"
   Nature Communications 2023, 14, 7741.

Yujing MA (博士研究員) 2020.11−2022.3

Publication list
1. Y. Ma, K. Sugawara, Y. Ishigaki, K. Sun, T. Suzuki, S. Kawai
   "Strain-sensitive On-Surface Ladderization via Non-Dehydrogenative Heterocyclization"
   Chemistry - A European Journal 2023, 29, e202203622.
2. K. Sun, O. J. Silveira, Y. Ma, Y. Hasegawa, M. Matsumoto, S. Kera, O. Krejčí, A. S. Foster, S. Kawai
   "On-Surface Synthesis of Disilabenzene-Bridged Covalent Organic Frameworks"
   Nature Chemistry 2023, 15, 136–142.
3. S. Kawai, K. Sugawara, Y. Ma, K. Sun, O. Custance, Y. Ishigaki, T. Suzuki
   "Multiple Molecular Interactions between Alkyl Groups and Dissociated Bromine Atoms on Ag(111)"
   Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2022, 24, 22191–22197.
4. S. Kawai, A. Ishikawa, S. Ishida, T. Yamakado, Y. Ma, K. Sun, Y. Tateyama, R. Pawlak, E. Meyer, S. Saito, A. Osuka
   "On-Surface Synthesis of Porphyrin-Complex Multi-Block Co-Oligomers by Defluorinative Coupling"
   Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202114697.